Big changes are coming

ITIL as we know it will cease to exist within a few months. The site will no longer be highly JET related and instead all current posts will be archived and locked. General chit-chat will be moved away from the more informational posts such as those about teaching or JET.

In the short term the site will become leaner, but in the long term hopefully a new community can be born from what remains of ITIL. The glory days of 2004-2010 are long gone and we must adapt. A decision will be made in Summer 2016 whether or not to continue the new ITIL or simply close up shop.

We're always looking for ideas and volunteers to help make the site a popular community. If you would like to help, get in contact with myself or word.

Re: Big changes are coming

Yeah I think the facebook groups (The incoming groups as well as the prefectural/regional ones) have really stunted the community on here as well as a somewhat tarnished rep among JETs, moving away from being based purely around JET sounds like a good idea.

Re: Big changes are coming

A VIP forum will continue to exist but how VIP access is acquired will change slightly. It will be subscription based rather than lifetime access. The current system of allowing people lifetime access for $5 isn't sustainable.
Full details will be posted in the near future

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I dunno... If you want people to buy something, you have to have something to sell.

With no one generating content, why on Earth would anyone pay a subscription fee?

Originally Posted by Jiggit

But what if we reverse the polarity of the quantum string theory? According to uncertainty principle there are infinite worlds out there, so it stands to reason schrodinger's cat is alive in one of them.

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Originally Posted by Ini

cant we make money streaming some of jiggits "private collection"?

Nobody wants to see jiggits privates.

Originally Posted by Jiggit

But what if we reverse the polarity of the quantum string theory? According to uncertainty principle there are infinite worlds out there, so it stands to reason schrodinger's cat is alive in one of them.

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Maybe consider changing the name and refocusing to a general Japan/ life in Japan website with a separate JET and teaching area? I feel like everyone associates ITIL with JET only.

The Japan and Japanlife subreddits are fairly popular and are actually full of people who are not teachers or JETs. Outisde of reddit there aren't really any decent communities like that around actually.

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I don't know much any more, Ini. My brain turned to mush about 6 weeks ago.
All I know is, I'll be sitting here at my desk tomorrow and Sunday, and same again next week.
Tomorrow is Saturday isnt it? Gotta keep checking.